Sale Sharks sack Arscott

Sale Sharks have terminated the contract of Tom Arscott with immediate effect following a disciplinary investigation and hearing.

Arscott was disciplined by the club earlier this month for allegedly leaking information about the side’s tactics to opponents Bristol before the Sharks’ 24-23 defeat.

“Senior players came to me and said they’d heard that information had been passed from one group to another," said Sale boss Steve Diamond at the time the news broke.

"We set a disciplinary up and, in order to do that, we informed the RFU.

“...All we have done is asked him why he has done it. He has replied and we now have to go through a formal disciplinary process.”